31 MARCH 2009

   

COMMUNICATING WITH THE QUEENS One of our annual favorites - and yours too based on the flood of bookings we’ve received since launching Communication Queens last week - is your chance to hear from three of the best working across the media spectrum in areas including brand marketing, PR, political communications, lobbying, publicity and more. Hear from Karen Brown - former journalist and newspaper editor now Principal Policy and Communications Advisor to the State Opposition Leader; Dr Lianne Cretney-Barnes - Director PR and brand marketing at Murdoch University; also Rosita Stangl - WA’s own celebrity and entertainment publicist who has on her books many of the State’s A-list events and clients. Network with Perth’s PR, marketing and events who’s who and be wowed by the fascinating and diverse career journeys of three women living in media’s fast lane. Tickets are $88 and will sell out - book online now at www.lunchboxlist.com

 

THOUGHT ABOUT BECOMING A MEMBER? Almost 40 Members joined us at Jo Macfie’s Platform Restaurant + Bar for Sunset Drinks, and from the strong feedback we received from those attending, all are in total agreement that now is no time to sit in the corner, rather time to get out, get on and get up! Networks have never mattered more to women, just ask any of our Members, and you too can be part of the action in this rapidly expanding group by upgrading to Membership today. For your $220 investment you’ll also receive your ticket to Communication Queens FREE and an exclusive opportunity to join us at our upcoming champagne tasting Member Event in May. Call Amy at LunchBox List on 9380 9120 and upgrade with your credit card. All it takes is two minutes of your time to start receiving the many benefits of being a LISTmember.

BREAKFAST CAREER BOOSTER FOR YOU OR TELL WOMEN YOU KNOW LunchBox List exists to add value to women in business and is responding in new ways we hope will be useful and productive in keeping your career on track. New to our line up is Breakfast Career Booster™, your chance to hear short, to-the-point, career-related presentations over breakfast from some of WA’s top presenters with truly useful tips, tools and pointers designed to help you look at things differently, perhaps give you the time to reassess, refocus or maybe even think about retraining. The first Breakfast Career Booster Event is at Platform Restaurant (rear Woodside Building) on Wednesday 29 April. Hear from Image Power Australia’s Natalia Josephs - an expert in assisting people gain an employment advantage and her “Seven Secrets to a Job in Seven Days”. Benefit from positive information, build great new connections and REMEMBER TO TELL OTHERS especially if they are in career transition. Tickets are very limited and just $44 - which includes a full breakfast and your choice of coffee. Book today at www.lunchboxlist.com.

FIND YOUR FASHION HEAVEN AT GARDEN CITY 8 days of Fashion Heaven at Garden City starts NOW with a packed eight day calendar of FREE events for the fashion-savvy, Garden City has everything you could possibly ask for - from VIP fashion events, stylist workshops, hair and beauty sessions, and their own model search competition…why decide on one? Do it all! If you LOVE fashion, then this is your heaven. Visit www.gardencity.com.au to find out what’s on this week or make your way to Garden City and get into Fashion Heaven with all the best and latest winter season wardrobe shopping.

STAYING IN TOUCH WITH LUNCHBOX LIST With so many of you on the move for different reasons, do remember to let us know your new contact details or personal email so you don’t miss out on LunchBox List news, events, tips and info. Just drop Amy an email at info@cebd.com.au and she can update all your details.

THE MAKING OF ME - A POSITIVE SUCCESS  What a power-packed day attendees shared at our 13th successive Making of Me day last Thursday, a day full of new ideas and practical strategies aimed at helping attendees build business and brands and deal with the tough times including the myriad changes most of us are experiencing right now.  From the temporal, we were transported in the afternoon by the life and remarkable times of activist, author and academic Sister Veronica Brady, justice campaigner, admonisher of popes and politicians alike, and considered by many as one of Australia’s true living treasures. As she free-wheeled through her splendid and she says fortunate life, Sister Veronica certainly also provoked much thought and reflection including sharing her own life’s leitmotif  - that of going with the flow. Like to know more about this fascinating woman? Pick up a copy of Sister Veronica’s recently published authorised biography Larrikin Angel by Kath Jordan by going to  www.roundhousepress.com

MORE TO KNOW AND SHARE In coming week’s we will share some of our speakers’ valuable insights and top business tips from The Making of Me days. Here are three tips for selling success from Action COACH’s Terri Billington:  1. Connect – Find common ground, ask  questions, offer genuine compliments 2. Excite – create desire, use emotion over logic, promote benefits over features 3. Invite – feed their hunger, provide choices, and leave them delighted  Details of the next The Making of Me will shortly launch– put Thursday 28 May in your diary for a half day workshop on getting results at work, focusing on building resilience, beating recession stress, and getting top team performance in challenging times.

Regards The LunchBox List Team